Our sun, may look smooth and calm from Earth, is actually a maelstrom of superheated plasma. The nuclear reactions that power a star cause massive convection cells of superheated gas to rise and fall constantly across its surface. These cells emits about 100 to 300 watts of sound energy per square meter, about the same as a police siren. And because the sun’s surface area is around 10,000 times larger than Earth: imagine 10,000 Earths covered in police sirens! So Anything that could make itself heard 92 million miles away is a potent force indeed! In all, it’s best the sun’s clamor remains locked away by the nothingness of space.
In the same way you have the calm and composed Dravid! The win by RCB took me back to the second season of IPL! When the team lead at the time by Dravid went until the finals! He was their iconic player and frankly the best player! Then again he would always be the best player for me!
In the first season he was the highest run getter of the team! The test player who handled the 50 overs and now the 20 overs game! He lead from the top and how!
I have never been a great cricket buff since, well, any match I see, rest assured the team I support always gets defeated! But still Dravid was the one who could win in spite of my viewership! Of course the fact that he was from Karnataka and also a pretty decent guy were all good points!
That was the year 2009 I think! The second season of IPL and the team lead by Dravid was in the finals! I was a bachelor then and ‘unstable’! I took caution to the winds and in a departure to my good sense, watched the match! It was fine till Dravid was there! There were so many close ones and tense moments but Dravid was there! Then one tragic ball and he was out! The opposing team were wild! You could see the dressing room erupt into joy while the RCB area was shocked! Everyone including a cricket novice like me knew that it was over for RCB! I turned off the TV after that! Which was also the last IPL match I saw!
Even the world cup match I used to make sure that I was as away from the TV or any viewing area as possible if I wanted India to win! In fact I was in an auto on the way to my house when Dhoni hit the iconic shot! We understood that India won though since the whole street was full! We stopped the auto and jumped out and danced like one! Indians and bharat wasis!
Which is why I have not watched any other RCB match including the one yesterday! Of course occasionally I do check the score but never linger more than a few seconds lest my ‘bad luck’ falls on them! I know it is crazy but then again what is life without some eccentricities!
Still I would like to remember that Dravid team which almost won the cup! Then again though you may hate it, since it is the truth; no one remembers the one who comes second! Winning at least once in a while is the best boost! So enjoy RCB! You did good and deserved the cup!
Heartfelt condolences for those who had the tragedy in the stampede…
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